Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Position Overview

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is responsible for conducting psychiatric assessments and providing treatment to clients, following their training, licensing, and state regulations. This role requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to treat patients with eating disorders and related or comorbid medical conditions. The provider will work in a gender-inclusive setting, serving patients of all ages across various levels of care. 

 

Schedule

• Mon-Fri: 8am-5pm with limited call

Compensation Disclosure

•  Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Starting Salaried Range:   $120,230.00- $191,950.00

Final Compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position

 

How Nurse Practitioners Empower Recovery

• Provide direct psychiatric services through the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of clients, including appropriate exam, work-up and the prescription of medications and other interventions as indicated.  
• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat psychiatric complications of eating disorders, as well as intercurrent conditions, for patients at all levels of care. Frequency of visits should be dictated by clinical need, and facilitate appropriate psychiatric care for the clinical severity and in accordance with direction from site psychiatric leadership  
• Develop the psychiatric treatment plans of all assigned patients and update with each visit.  
• Liaise by telephone with each client’s ambulatory provider, at a minimum, at admission, discharge, and as needed during treatment in the context of significant concerns.  
• Liaise with families of clients as indicated.  
• Evaluate all clients on caseload within two weeks of discharge, to assess stability for next level of care, and to complete a summary of all follow-up recommendations and a comprehensive discharge summary.  
• Work with the Utilization Review team to provide psychiatric information to support the facilitation of peer-to-peer insurance reviews, determination of appropriate levels of care, arbitration of clinical appeals, etc.  
• Participate in staff conferences and education, and serve on clinical committees, as assigned  
• Complete all documentation in a timely manner.  
• Participate in provider call schedule.  
• Provide education about psychiatric complications and comorbidities of eating disorders to family and patients as needed.  
• Participate in program development with site psychiatric leadership as interest and assigned.  
• Maintain license and supervision requirements in association with on-site collaborating physician.  
• Follow all procedures and protocols for patient care and documentation.  
• Perform other duties as assigned or identified. 

 

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctoral degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a specialty in Psychiatry/Mental Health, required.  

 

Professional Qualifications: 

• Active, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license (PMHNP) in the state of practice and DEA certification.  
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, preferably in an eating disorder treatment facility or behavioral health setting. 

 

Other Qualifications: 

• Current Basic Life Support certification required within 30 days from date of hire.  
• Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites in North Carolina or Georgia are required to have a current CPI certification within 30 days of hire.  
• Employees at Residential site in Washington are required to have a Washington State Department of Health Food Handler permit within 30 days of hire.